citric acid

English

Ball-and-stick model of citric acid.

Ball-and-stick model of propane. If one hydrogen atom of each of its three carbon atoms is replaced by a carboxyl group, and the remaining hydrogen atom of its second carbon atom (in the middle) is replaced by a hydroxyl group, the result is citric acid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪtɹɪk ˈæsɪd/

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Noun

citric acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline compound, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C₆H₈O₇, found in citrus fruit; it is used as a food additive and in the manufacture of citrates.

Synonyms

• E330 when used as an antioxidant

Derived terms

• citric acid cycle

Related terms

• citrate

Translations

2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C₆H₈O₇

• Catalan: àcid cítric m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檸檬酸／柠檬酸 (zh) (níngméngsuān)

• Czech: kyselina citrónová f
• Danish: citronsyre c
• Dutch: citroenzuur (nl) n
• Esperanto: citrata acido
• Finnish: sitruunahappo (fi)
• French: acide citrique (fr) m
• Galician: ácido cítrico (gl) m
• German: Zitronensäure (de), Citronensäure (de) f
• Greek: κιτρικό οξύ (el) n (kitrikó oxý)
• Hungarian: citromsav (hu)
• Icelandic: sítrónusýra f
• Indonesian: asam sitrat (id)
• Irish: aigéad citreach m
• Italian: acido citrico (it)
• Japanese: クエン酸 (ja) (kuen-san), 枸櫞酸 (ja) (kuen-san)
• Macedonian: лимонска киселина f (limonska kiselina)
• Malay: asid sitrik
• Maori: waikawa hīmoe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sitronsyre (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: sitronsyre f

• Portuguese: ácido cítrico m
• Romanian: acid citric (ro) m, sare de lămâie (ro) f
• Russian: лимо́нная кислота́ f (limónnaja kislotá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ли̏мӯнска̄ киселѝна f

  Roman: lȉmūnskā kiselìna f

• Spanish: ácido cítrico
• Swedish: citronsyra (sv) c
• Telugu: సిట్రిక్ ఆమ్లం (siṭrik āmlaṁ)
• Thai: กรดซิตริก, กรดมะนาว